At last I am able to edit my page. I am embarrassed that it has taken so long.
Here's what I've done so far:
  • Spoken to at least ten people about the TED talks,
  • but failed to find the 'future' video which I would love to show to my faculty
  • looked at wikispaces
  • talked to teachers and senior students about using wikis as a place to share notes.
  • talked up the year 9 empathy task in history and photostory/moviemaker
  • loaded our ICT course CD to our English/staffpublic page
  • loaded up the latest Notebook 10 Smartboard program for interactive whiteboard use and used it to create a year12 visual unit summary for Module B, Speeches.
Lots of talking. Some action soon I hope.

Susan, great to hear that you have been able to share so much with the teachers at your school. Here is the link to the video you are look for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8&feature=fvst All the best with the next step.

Dear Richard and others,
I haven't edited but I have logged on here a few times. What have I been doing?
Apart from the usual, I have:
  • showed the vid. above to a whole staff meeting, shared it with a class of year 12 as a 'belonging' text in English
  • designed a year 11 English assessment task based on Richard's photo-essay ideas
  • included youtube and other links in a program of work and student work book
  • joined a ning (is that how you say it?) called The English Companion http://englishcompanion.ning.com/
  • tried and failed, under pressure of time to create a photo-essay promo for Mod and Anc. history an then resorted to these videos on youtube to do the job. They were OK, but a bit US focussed.
Why Study History?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA&feature=PlayList&p=779CEB16E0708DDB&index=2
Modern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2toKc7v5f-M&feature=PlayList&p=779CEB16E0708DDB&index=3
Modern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa02Me27sYw
Ancient-Rome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFjgVtnsj0&feature=channel
Ancient - Rome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nge_vi3FZpY
Ancient - Greece

So, not a huge amount done - but step by step.
Kind regards all,
See you Friday,
Sue James.

I'm here - Right Here, Right now editing my page on this space with a thousand new ideas to try out.
I can't wait. My plan is:
  • Get out of the city without being killed in traffic and heading towards Temora.
  • Stay awake for 5 hours while I drive. The good news is I have a novel, The Time Traveller's Wife to listen to as I drive.
  • Mark my last 50 essays on History and Memory and Speeches, work at our local theatre projecting for the first time on Sunday and
  • Have a go at putting Page Flakes on my home computer and write up/organise my notes from this workshop.
  • Tell the librarian about the Google Educators classroom posters
  • Tell my faculty about GE flyovers and models, G.Books, how to add music in Audacity, how to download from youtube,....etc., etc, Don't talk about Secon Life.I need a third life. Kind regards,
  • Sue James.

To do list for the Third Life:
  • Join Twitter - done
  • Join the history group on diigo - done
  • Join The History Exchange.